Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Biography

Nelson Pereira dos Santos ComRB • OMC (São Paulo, October 22, 1928 — Rio de Janeiro, April 21, 2018) was a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. Having been one of the founders of the Cinema Novo movement, his production spans a period of 60 years in the history of Brazil. Considered one of the most important filmmakers in the country, he was strongly influenced by the works of the 1930s generation of Brazilian literary modernism, having adapted works by Graciliano Ramos and Jorge Amado for cinema. His film Vidas Secas, based on Graciliano's novel, is one of the most awarded Brazilian films of all time, being recognized as a masterpiece. In 2006, he was elected Immortal by the Brazilian Academy of Letters, a position he held until his death in 2018.

Known For

Critic

For All - O Trampolim da Vitória

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century

Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro

Brazil in Cannes

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

Referências

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema

All Movies (38)

• Amuleto2025
• Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar2021 · as Self
• The Good Cinema2021 · as Self
• Nelson Filma o Rio2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Candango: Memoirs from a Festival2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Memórias do Grupo Opinião2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• A música que meu pai gostava2018
• Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century2017 · as Self
• Cinema Novo2016 · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro2015 · as Self
• Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema2015 · as Self
• O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro2014
• Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade2013
• Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Paz é Dourada2008
• Critic2008 · as Self
• Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal2008 · as Self
• Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?2007 · as Self
• Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air2007 · as Self
• Português - A Língua do Brasil2007
• Referências2006 · as Self
• Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth2003 · as Self
• At the Edge of the Earth2002 · as Self
• How to Die in Cinema2002 · as Himself
• Uma Vida Dividida1999 · as Ele mesmo
• For All - O Trampolim da Vitória1998
• Dib1997 · as Self
• Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?1991
• Que Viva Glauber!1991
• Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo1989 · as Self
• Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman1984 · as himself
• Claves, 2: We will return younger1984 · as himself
• Brazil in Cannes1971
• Nelson Filma1971
• Garden of War1969
• Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo1967 · as Self
• Red Mandacaru1961 · as Augusto